OCEAN BEACH

FIELD GUIDE

I love Ocean Beach. This is a (continually growing) catalog of creatures, kelps, and curiosities I’ve seen at my favorite place in San Francisco. Working on IDs and info about each of these treasures…….

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Feather

Sand dollar fossil ( Scutellaster interlineata ) — Sand dollar fossil (Scutellaster interlineata)

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Seven-spot ladybug ( Coccinella septempunctata ) — Seven-spot ladybug (Coccinella septempunctata)

Dungeness crab ( Metacarcinus magister ) claw — Dungeness crab (Metacarcinus magister) claw

Feather

Ceramic piece

White shark tooth

Sand dollar ( Dendraster excentricus ) and red-striped acorn barnacle ( Paraconcavus pacificus ) — Sand dollar (Dendraster excentricus) and red-striped acorn barnacle (Paraconcavus pacificus)

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Brown pelican ( Pelecanus occidentalis ) — Brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)

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Basket cockle ( Clinocardium nuttalii ) — Basket cockle (Clinocardium nuttalii)

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Sea sack ( Halosaccion glandiforme ) — Sea sack (Halosaccion glandiforme)

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Sand dollar fossil ( Scutellaster interlineata ) — Sand dollar fossil (Scutellaster interlineata)

Pacific razor clam ( Siliqua patula ) — Pacific razor clam (Siliqua patula)

Sand dollar ( Dendraster excentricus ) — Sand dollar (Dendraster excentricus)

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Pacific razor clam ( Siliqua patula ) — Pacific razor clam (Siliqua patula)

Sunset in the Sunset.

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Sand dollar ( Dendraster excentricus ) — Sand dollar (Dendraster excentricus)

Sand dollar ( Dendraster excentricus ) — Sand dollar (Dendraster excentricus)

Bladder wrack ( Fucus distichus ) — Bladder wrack (Fucus distichus)

Osprey ( Pandion haliaetus ) with fish — Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) with fish

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Western gull ( Larus occidentalis ) — Western gull (Larus occidentalis)

Western snowy plover ( Charadrius alexandrinus nivosus ) — Western snowy plover (Charadrius alexandrinus nivosus)

(This teensy tiny shell is about a quarter of the size of my fingertip!)

Hind’s Mopalia chiton ( Mopalia hindsii ) — Hind’s Mopalia chiton (Mopalia hindsii)

Caspian Tern ( Hydroprogne caspia ) — Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia)

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Western gull ( Larus occidentalis ) — Western gull (Larus occidentalis)